foothills

noun

plural of foothill
as in highlands

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  1. highlands
  2. knolls
  3. mountains
  4. uplands
  5. altitudes
  6. elevations
  7. knobs
  8. eminences
Noun
  • The vast Puya de Raimondi forest is on your doorstep, where thousands of giant bromeliads—the largest on the planet—rise like sentinels over the highlands.
    — Luke Abrahams, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2026
  • In the highlands, people traditionally cooked with lard, Buettner said, while Bolotana residents use olive oil from ancient trees.
    — Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of highlands
Noun
  • All the country is rolling, and there are a few granite outcrops from 50 to 200 feet high—sort of knolls or knobs.
    — Jack O'Connor, Outdoor Life, 23 July 2026
  • All the intricate meetings and rolling knolls, all the reliable critiques of the kids today, have left this former student in the ranking spirit.
    — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 10 Apr. 2026
Definition of knolls
Noun
  • In the rugged mountains of Afghanistan, on the morning of March 11, 2013, something lurked just below the surface of a young Afghan man, a boy, really.
    — Ron Farina, Hartford Courant, 1 Nov. 2026
  • This will be especially true in the foothills of the Central Valley and up into the mountains, where showers will be more widespread throughout Saturday as cool marine air collides with the Sierra and turns to rain.
    — Sean Macaday, Sacbee.com, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of mountains
Noun
  • Here, fertile uplands, farms, and rolling pastures offer a different view of the island—and a chance to learn about its paniolo, or Hawaiian cowboy, traditions.
    — Kevin Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 9 Oct. 2026
  • This drought tolerant vine grows naturally on dry, sandy soils in pine forest openings and coastal uplands.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 16 May 2026
Definition of uplands
Noun
  • In the meantime, the club has launched to lower altitudes, including a balloon ride up over Florida to 100,000 feet.
    — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Luigi Carbone, Pope Leo XIV's physician, said the pontiff's recovery from lung cancer surgery won't stop plans for a visit to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru involving a dozen flights and two helicopter rides to high altitudes.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of altitudes
Noun
  • Portions of southwest Colorado and southeast Utah saw two to four inches, whereas areas with higher elevations, like the San Juan Mountains, got up to six inches.
    — Ava Berger, NPR, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Climate change is also shifting suitable oyamel habitats to higher elevations, threatening populations on lower mountains that may eventually lack the conditions needed to support the trees.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of elevations
Noun
  • Still, simple temperature knobs would remain a superior solution for distraction-free operation while driving.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Even the comfort and driving control knobs situated below the phone mount pull out and push back in.
    — Caleb Jacobs, The Drive, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of knobs
Noun
  • Baitz’s story is set in Palm Springs, in December, 2004, at the home of Polly and Lyman Wyeth, an opulent sandstone aerie with meditative views of the desert, a massive Christmas tree, and portraits of eminences like Barry Goldwater.
    — Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2026
  • These speakers join previously announced eminences from Amazon, Calm, Contextual AI, CoreWeave, Databricks, DataSnipper, Exelon, Glean, Google, Intuit, Rivian, and Serve Robotics.
    — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 17 Nov. 2025
Definition of eminences
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